Redditors Share 'Normal Things' That Are Actually Illegal Where They're From

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Jul 8, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

I'm sure that not many people can say, hand on heart, that they've never truly broken the law. The mere act of living life can end up with anybody on the wrong side of the authorities, punishment or not. If you own a car, it's inevitable that you will have strayed a couple of miles over the speed limit now and then. Even if you can't drive, who can honestly claim they've never jaywalked on a quiet street?

Almost anywhere, we can find a whole list of mundane daily occurrences that do not abide to the letter of the law. However, some of them are more unexpected, strange, and obsolete than others, as proved by an interesting Reddit thread. Asking people about seemingly normal things that are technically illegal where they live, the answers varied wildly. Moral of the story: never travel anywhere without checking the temperature of the local authorities first.

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    Font - r/AskReddit u/Akiralawliet • 1d 18 NSFW 1 What feels like a normal thing to do /say but is illegal?
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    Font - Tink2013 1d Its not illegal everywhere but feeding a parking meter that is not yours is illegal here.
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    Font - AllSonicGames 1d In the UK back when CDs and MP3 players were popular: it was illegal to copy music from a CD into a different format (it's still illegal, but it's not as common to do now). You could backup the actual CD in its original file format, but if you changed to to mp3, it became illegal. It was essentially an outdated copyright law. It meant that a company could potentially sue someone over it, but nobody cared as it was obvious that nobody would want the bad press from such a p
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    Font - sck8000 1d Handling salmon under suspcious circumstances is illegal here in the UK. I don't think you could be reasonably charged with anything unless they actually found something illegal you were doing with the salmon, but the handling itself is something you can be arrested for.
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    Font - Dr_Edge_ATX 1d Cohabitation is illegal in Mississippi and Michigan unless you're married. ⠀ Reply ↑ 5.9k ↓ Words ThatEndInWord 1d We actually just repealed our cohabitation prohibition law this year!
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    Font - cambium7 1d Having weed while driving between two states that have legal weed. : Reply 7.3k ↓ alwaysforgettingmyun 1d Buying weed at a legit store in a decriminalized city in an illegal state, also
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    Font - EphemeralFart 1d It's illegal to say, "I want to kill the President of the United States of America." It's illegal. It's a federal offense. It's one of the only sentences that you're not allowed to say. Now, it was okay for me to say it right then, because, I was just telling you that it's illegal to say, "I want to kill the President of the United States of America." : Reply ↑ 6.7k ↓ cycloptopussy 1d However, it is not illegal to say, "With a mortar launcher." Two completely different se
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    Font - Dull-Geologist-8204 1d Haggis and kinder eggs being illegal in the US.
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    Font - pn1 ct0g3n 1d Callus shavers. They're illegal in many states due to the high risk of causing infections.
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    Font - Persimmon-Alone 1d Parking your car on your own property. Unless it's paved they give you a ticket. The city of North Little Rock, AR issued my van 67 tickets, all from same asshole. But none of them had a court date. : Reply 2.8k chronic412 1d Sounds like this isn't actually illegal and some cop just hates you lol
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    Font - Je_me_rends 1d Up until 2 years ago, paying for other peoples fuel was illegal here. : Reply 622 niztaoH 1d There really are just a bunch of laws and ordinances to stomp out any kindness towards the less fortunate.
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    Font - Sanch_Is_King26 1d Collecting rain water : Reply 2.0k ⇓ Detrius67 1d This is so weird. Where I live (NSW, Australia) it's the law for any new house to have a rainwater tank installed as part of the development, and if you're thinking of adding one to an existing house you can get a government grant to help offset the cost.
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    Font - Successful-Clue-9097 1d 1 Award I'm not falling for this. At least I know my FBI agent's username now.
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    Font - Chickadee12345 1d In the US, collecting feathers you find on the ground outside. The migratory bird treaty act of 1918 prohibits people from possessing native birds, their feathers, eggs or any parts of them. So you potentially could be arrested to picking up a feather.
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    Font - ImNotFrom This World 1d Jay walking, I'm not going to walk 5 minutes down the road when I can simply cross the street in a couple seconds. Edit: To my beloved Europeans across the sea, yes you have better cross walking laws and I am jealous. And to my fellow Americans wishing me harm, that's not surprising. Ah yes me crossing an empty street with no cars in the distance is the real problem. There couldn't possibly be anything else more dangerous than that right???
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    Sky - viviguu 1d torrenting movies
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